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ANSWERING certain questions put to him by The Evening World, ex-President Taft @x- Pressed confidence last August “that President Har ding will ultimately conchide it to be wiser to emer® the League with the Lodge reservations than to-at- tempt to carry out the same purpose through a Rew form of association,” 7 The Evening World’s Washington correspondent reports that Mr. Taft and viher pro-League Repub- Yicans are now more than ever sure that President- elec: Harding will favor going into the existing League. * Efforts are already iene made to show that Sen- ‘ator Harding’s campaign rejections of ii League were not meant to apply to the whole covenant but only to Article X. 3 The obvious first question is: : “nd Borah say? ‘The answer is that since November 2 it makes — far less difference what they say. % Before election the “bitter-enders” were a power of the first importance, because they represented the extreme of anti-Wilsonism. It was the pre-election duty of Republican leaders to provide every possible rallying point for hatred of the Wilson League and the Wilson Adshinis- tration. Borah and Johnson supplied flags and battle- ¢ries for the most rabid of the Wilson-haters, Senator Harding’s campaign utterances regarding the League wer so many recognitions of this fact: But with the great victory won, the situation ts aiteied. Professed League-haters in the Republican Party “fneluded large numbers whose hatred of the League was only incidental to their hatred of Woodrow ‘Wilson. a \ Satisfied that the result of the election has suf- ficiently diserediied Mr. V ‘son, many of these Re- publicans would be ready to accept the existing covenant with very slight revisions—particularly as they begin to be aware, in a post-election calm, that staying ou! of the League is increasingly bad « for business, They are only” statesman to plot a masterly curve that shall take “the country into the existing League under Repub- -_—_. , t What will Jo&nson ¢ | waiting for some. Republican And we are told Elihu Root is due for a con- ference at Marion Dee. 10, —_>—_—_——_——_ NOT DOUBTFUL LAWS BUT HOMES. ,LDERMAN COLLINS'S ordinance to regulate tax exemption for new homes is bad be- cause it makes exemption a political question, Any member of the Board of Estimate cah veto any exemption, He can hold his vote over a prospec- tive builder. Such a power might prove a fertile field fOr graft or for repayment of political grudges. The board has troyble enough in arriving at con- _@usions even by majority vote, let alone by unanimity. The La Guantia plan would be better, because Plays down general rules. The Aldermgnic Presi- “dent’s proposal not to exempt “luxury” building from taxation is attractive in theory, In practice there is grave doubt Whether the courts would con- “Strue such an arrangement as in harmony with the Legislative Enabling Act. It would be challenged class legislation,” rs hea Borough sident Curran proposes tax exemp- * ‘tion in the words of the Enabling Act. One court > fest would decide the whole question, Tax exemption is. the one constructive remedy mow available, New York needs homes, and needs ythem now. \ Apart from the constitutional question, Mr. La Guirdia’s arguments aginst exempting taxes on costly private homes and luxurious apartments are More plausible than valid. emption of taxes expensive building will affect rents in al dwellings. When A moves from an expensive apartment to his new home, B, of smaller income, will be able fo reut the vacant apartment at a smaller rent than A fas been paying, B's comfortable apartment will be available for some one in more moderate finan- cial standing, and so on down on 1 classes of tate apartments, 3 What New York needs is more homes—more fooms in which a growing population can live. “Any addition tc the number of rooms will help. York rentals now are not based on the cost of but on the competition for space. ps av few rich may pes an pdt ad- =| fits. A few dollars to the poor man means even more than tax exemption to a rich man. The Evening World hag no hesitation in recom- mending the passage of the Curran ordinance— NOW. It is imperative that exemption should be de- cided on without delay, so that court tests may be made during the winter months and building stimu- lated in the spring. Time is the essence of the matter, . SIT STEADY. ILLIAM H. BARR, President of the National Founders’ Association, in a sweeping and general attack on labor unionism at the Hotel Astor Wednesday declared: “The open shop assures falrness to em- ployee and employer alike. It means the im+ provement of plant relations, the elimination of class prejudice and a united influence in opposition to injustice.” Such a statement is nonsense, and a particularly dangerous sort of nonsense. Equally nonsensical and equally dangerous have been recent statements from Samuel Gompers con- demning introduction of labor-saving machinery. After his conference with the Executive Com- mittee of the American Federation of Labor, Mr. Hoover was asked whether he believed in the prin- ciple of a closed shop. Mr. Hoover’s answer was: “That 1s hardly a fair question. Conditions of work vary so greatly that a rule of uni- versal application would probably not be wise.” Here is a common-sense statement. It is a re- flection of a type of thinking which other thinking Americans may well copy. An exceedingly easy form of mental laziness is the habit of making broad generalizations on ‘the basis of a few facts and then applying these gen- eralizations to other circumstances regardless of the facts. That is what Mr. Barr did, Gompers did. America is not ready for either the “closed shop” or the “open shop.” Few know what the terms mean, and they have different meanings to differ- ent people. When | the need arises to form an opinion on an industrial question, ask for the facts of the specific dispute. Try to discover whether “closed shop” conditions have led to abuses in that particular in- dustry. Find out what the record of the employer may have been under the “open shop.” Consider opin.ons of men who know the field they. are dis- cussing, That is what Mr. As an excellent example of how the public’should study industrial problems may be recalled the state- ment of William B, Dickson, Vice President of the Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company, before a recent convention of mechanical engineers, Mr. Dickson vigorously attacked several labor fallacies, but he described the steel corporation possibly “benevolent,” ‘but retaining “that relic of barbarism, the twelve-hour day, as well as some fairly large remnants of the seven-day week.” Mr. Dickson knows the steel business. not defend “Garyism.” “Garyism” is indefensible, policy as “autocrae: He does So, too, is “Brinaell- ism.” One results from the “open shop,” the other fromthe ‘closed shop.” The two together show the futility of gener tion on such large and imperfectly defined principles, Now is an excellent time to sit steady and not rock the industrial boat. Examine the facts in each case with an open mind, Help public open te take a reasonabie and sensible courte. MILWAUKEE'S HALL OF FAME, ANTE’S “All hope abandon, ye who enter here,” might wejl have been the text for the which Milwaukee honored the relics of its departed greatness. Milwaukee has eenth Ameadment, Two bot of beer and a plate of pretzels have been installed in the Public Museum as a reminder services in otticially recognized the of cther days, Byron wrote, “Fame is the thirst of youth,” Milwaukee found this true. The thirst of youth made Milwaukee famous. Milwaukee cherishes tune in spite of those that defame the city and its erstwhile glory Milwaukee's museum has become fts Hall of Fame. Theoretically, the museum is the only place in Milwaukee where the source of its fame is to be fe Taheoretically. A break of from $4 to $6 in the price of coal at the mine, it is predicted, will result in a saving of # ton to consumers, When pric ‘were moving the other way an increase of $4 to $6 was passed on to the con- sumergnd looked like a $10 bill THE EVENING WORT® FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1920.” a j ' Toma ne G9, What kind of letter do yo you fn that gives you the worth of a thous A Point Well Taken. ‘Ty the Editor of The Wrening World In a recent issue of The Evening World four columns were devoted to flaying the “evils” of motion pictures, your © reporters having apparently sought out from hundreds of pictures now being exhibited vunity for sensational "copy." For some unknown reason no titles were given, but it did not take me long to ascertain that one of the pic- tures in question iq merely a faithful reproduction of ne Grey’s “The Desert of Wheat,” which, as a novel, was last season one of the best sellers, In all fairness I will grant that there are now being exhibited a few pictures which are unfit to be seen iy elther children or their elders. But be more cons.derate. Do not con- @emn pictures in general because of a few questionable films. Do not aeck cnly the worst. Look up. One might Just as well damn all literature by pointing to sensational paper-covered novels, all music by certain pieces of hop-inspired J. sculpture by the mud-modelling of @ Surf Avenueite. have been in sympathy with every crusade The Evening World has launched in the past ten years but [ must assert that an art which has given us ssuch wonderful photo- plays as “The Mirac Hirth of a Nation, Arms” and “Broken Bic not be made the butt of ridicule: By printing this letter you will con- vince both myeelf and associates that The Evening World is still the one paper in New ¥ at is on the square, 4L CRAL Columbia Um Nov 15, hey Have Been Fooled.’ trouble Their tume My who movi to prove ir ditficulties will contention increase as true American ts one nscious pride in any ed by his country te improve the social and © onomic con- ditions of the human race and who | the moral coufage to assume the ations such a The verdict of Pilee ual Chere are aul. oha eee of this class in the United States who can be depended upon. 8 jus thought there were a great many | more, and, of course, there are, but, llike Mayor Hylan, they have “been Brindelle events unfold and those wen fooled” are made t jreatize that America out of the League will have to submit to the decisions rendered by the High Court of that tribunal in a'l cases affecting enforcement of 1olaw, minus a volee in ns and verdicts, the epee of the hoax the Senate as- who have played on them for J From: Evening VVorld Readers There is flue mental exercise and a lot of satisfaction in trying to say much in a few words. Take time to be brief. | | in New York) @ number of films that provide oppor-| course demands. 1 a *-l your readers whe , find most readable? Isn't it the one and words in a couple of hundred? ourely partisan reasons will become} aparent, and the father of the hoax| will Not be alluded to as the “Scholar of the Senate. The Bible ords the fact that it) was not Halaam but the ass who) first saw the Light . F. H. ALLEN. | New York, Nov. 17, 1920. |%o the Editor of The Evening World. | The inclosed poem has been selected by the National Council of Women of | the United States, which works in co operation with many of the promi- | nent women's clubs throughout the country, as one of the songs to be! sung at patriotic meetings in celebra- | tion of the signing of the Mayflower Pact 300 years ago. ‘This assoolation | of women has arranged a programme including seweral of the national and folk songs, a8 well as a ‘few more | modern ditties, to be sung wherever patriotic songs are staged. It i propriate at such a time as this 4s, during the month famous for the landing of the Pilgrims and th ing of the world war armi Americans to meet and cele oecasion in son arranged will be forwarded on re- quest to assemblies contemplating such an anniversary day. Musie for the inclosed poem was written by Miss M. Lindsay to the air of | Away." T shall be very glad to have you! publish the poem | ELBANOI GRbYSTEN THOMP | SON | New York, Nova 13, 1920. er ‘ > * . OUR HE & UNCOMMON SENSE By John# Blake wn (Copyright, 1920, by John Blake.) WASTE NO TIME ON USELESS ACCOMPLISHMENTS. “standing on one “A traveller at Sparta,” says Plutarch, i you can do jeg, said to a Lacedaemonian, ‘I do not believ as much.” “ «True, can.” The accomplishments that count in this world are the accomplishments that mean advancements. A young man, if he is born with long legs and elastic muscles, can by diligent practice learn to run a hundred yards in ten seconds. But the is not a dog in the world above the size of a Pekinese who cannot run the same distance in eight seconds. Moreover, running a hundred yards in ten seconds will never be required of a man in any business or profession, for when haste is necessary automobiles that travel twice as fast are employed. Many people waste weary hours in earning to do things’ that are utterly useless to them in after life. Accomplishments of this kind are pleasant to+have. They attract attention and excite wonder and admiration. But they never repay the time that must be spent on them, If young men would spend half the time learning to think that they do, learning to make the college mandolin club the university graduates would be more in demand after they get out into the wide world, The thing to spend your time 1 other men cannot do as well as you can-—the thing that will not only 7 in money but in satisfaction later on. Spend the best part of your time and the best part of yourthought on the work that you intend to do, You spend your leisure in cultivating accomplish- ments, but don’t get so interested in the accomplishments returned the Lacedaemonian, ‘but every goose arning is the thing that |e cay aan ton ‘reedom’'s Ii Brom the h |Soon the air was fl And the tre ‘ 1 with music | id of marching men, Ty the hdiior of'The Evening Wo. “A True American’ svems to hase | Refrain, put a mumber of people who canin| ‘Tread of men who wore the khaki, t distinction but who voted. tu| Tread of men who wore the blue, keep the United Statcs out of ‘the ited, League of Nati to tor a Kaox an s with C to no Little the Lord of Hosts be with us H these dark and trying d&ys Lat us Ail our souls with blessings | For the men who fought so well God will keep thelr message ringing ‘Ti on earth great p Refrain, Message of the men Message of the lads e shall dwell, n kt n blue Ki, + Sumgentive the bal f I rea is by one of Apressed me so sod to say a few that [ on the very appre mue words 1 am heartily firmly believe t y girl who enjoys dancing the "shimmy" and the “Chicago” and other dances on a par with these cannot be a per- son of good character and deeancy No person with one ounce of res; would care to dance the “shimmy” or “Chicago,” because the very dances rey partake themselves furnish — fc thought and “these who mm, Nov, 18 1920, g f was dedicaied wiih appropyr them harbor but evil thoughts, J. Pb. Brookly: | that you let them encroach on your working hours, With a pencil and paper you ean figure up just about how many hours you may expect between now and your six- tieth birthday. Divide these hours up, alloting the most of thenmxto work, and you will see that they are far too few to learn what you will have to learn and do what you will have to do. Relaxation you will need, of ness you must have. But keep them in their proper proportion, all, don't spend so much time trying to balance cue on the end of your nose that none learn the history of your country. sourse, and hours of idle- And above a billiard remains in which to by the U nt for decorati tee eee \“That’s a Fact’’ by Albert Ff. Southitek ovine, Wey, oy Loe Bives {ore Breamg! World), 6 Trae New he 4 1864, while leat The West Farms Cemetery, after mien up the hi almost brutal neglect, was fnally sur- | ee 8 rounded by a bourd fence In 1908. A| B ap nument was ereeted by public} the nort ption in October, 1909, whe | the sce tle cores |f par side » impressiv’ ve scene, 1 in and monles on May 29, 1910. ‘Three brass |) jh cannon, shells and @ Sagpole were makes an By John Cassel ie ay {i 1 HOW THEY STARTED By Appleton Street copyright, 1920, by the Hrem Uyvilting Co] (The New York Eveu.ug World.) NO. 6. JOHN WANAMAKER, John Wanamaker's falner was @ ick-maner, and the boy's earliest J-¥ was that of “turning” bricks and Going Snail tasks around the brick= yard. tis first oulsde emyioyment as as errand boy fur a fin of pub- week, but even in cheis Ot $Lud a vivee early days we dad a hansering tur his nd when sull in wens BOL patce AS clea ID & sure, belure he was cwent Was sur suicstuan in the Towel ie 6 dure, luen the ha geat AW iiladeipas seuing UaingS, JL Was uot long before there were - to wait on the pro wok @ keen int in his youllg empiwyve aud was fond of pre- Wetig a vvitant ture for him, Jou is the must aavilious boy Weve ever nad |. Bennett used to tell his friends, “Hes alwaya Uuuning Of New ideas for tue store, und what's mure they are practical lucas—they work. He'll be a great merchant ’ome day.’ By the time he was twenty-three yours oid young Wanatnaker had suved $1,900, and with this he de- 1 to embark in budiness for him- He got a friend, Natuan Brown, io go in with him on @ partnership bass and on April 9, 1861, the siore of Wanamaker & Brown opened for business at theecorner of Sixth and Market Streets, Philadelphia. The y's Sales totailed $24.87. You've rd some advertising man the youthful merchant put 67 cents in the cash drawer and took the §24 and bought space in a heowspaper to advertise his bargains to the public. The advertising must ave been effective, for the little sore prospered from the beginning. its first 's sales were nearly $: 000. But to n this the young merchant worked like a Trojan, fre- quently delivering purchases to cus- tomers himself in the evening after the lc t retail clothing store in the Then, in 1875, he bought the old Pennsylvania freight station in Philadetmia and made it the site for his “Grand Depot,” a truly im- ense emporium for those days, The nd Depot was opened in the year Centennial Exposition, and the nds of visitors from all_parts puntry who flocked to Phila- Iphia found it quite as much an ction and object of interest as the Centennial exhibits themselves. In tr. Wanamaker came to Yew k and bought the A, T. tew: re on Broadway, both asiness and building. The fe ney erected the fou | story on the adjoin ng block, giving his New York store an a new standard In both the Phil- equipment for mere’ that and!sing. jadetphia and New York stores are many beautiful —_ embell shments, s of art and priceless antiques. hair of John Hancock and the of James Madison are in Mr. Wanamak York off! Ons valned treas his’ Philagelphia ffice js a lifelike portrait of®Presi- lent Benjamin son, under | hom Mr. W served as Mr. Wana- at a Glance Covyright, 1920, by ‘The Preae Pulighing ite New York Brening Worl!) PUCCINI'S “LA BOHEME.” A beautiful woman of Bohemta ks at the door of Rudolph, an | ndigent writer who lives in the Latin Quarter of Paris, She 1s frail, but | nat frailty, which obviously comes im consumption, gives her added wauty md winsomeness, Ku, and hs trends, Marcel, Coll.né | schaunard, who live with him, have jvad mo succres in raising money to y the rent, and the room i cold {vom lack of fire, Rudolph bids the wouan enter, wondering at her hauat- {ug swWeetnuss. She asks a ligat for ner candie, and as she gives it to im drops her key. As Uicy roach for it, his hand touches hers. “How cold it is," he si softly, Let me warm it for you. Hie rubs it briskly, and as the blood omes back it has the added warmth (aat comes from the fires of love. In © mopunght which comes through he window, reflect.ng the outtines of and turrets of Paris, he her—now his Mimi—into| his and crushes her to him, whis- sweet words Into her ear the © spires skes 1ey live and love, but quarrel fre- | wentiy, as Rudolph’ is terribly Joal- and resents the attentions ends. Finally they part, r quarrel, 8 pale ven of " ifter an Mimi grow the dread disease takes a stronger ip on her. One night she gves to » tavern Where the friends are din- s in a note to Marcel. © asks him for news, and he urges she join them. Rudolph comes ind Mimi hides behind @ tree. “Mimi is a heartless creature,” Ru- lolph confides to his friend, Her violent coughing betrays her, Jand they talk together and Tegret- y decide to part forever. ain © four Bchemians ere in attic In the Latin Quarter, Rue | Jolph sighs for; since Mimi has gone, bus been a yold in his heart ch nothing could fill, ‘They decide ut behind them al!! sor- ughts, and the revelry be- n it is at its height a ers and says that Mimi is jcying, and wishes to be brought bacte }t> the t where she first found lover. Rudolph goes to her room 1 carries her to his quarters, She Is bitterly cold, and the rack= ng cough shows that the end is vr All go out to get restoratives, joxaept Rudolph, who gives her very © care. “How cold your hand—let me Farm, he whispers. smiles at him, and says sadly, time it Ie too tate.” \itn the others return they fi Rudvlph ‘sobbing over ‘her tena fora, 4 — | | | he had spent all day behind thé counter, Within sw years Mr. Wans- maker had developed his store into and wastes away